The collection of songs that make up Thou Shalt Not's compilation CD varies widely in both feel and overall listenability; songs range from feeling like dark-edged techno to full-on electronic goth and industrial. Samples feature extensively in all of the songs on the album, and in many songs the lyrics and the vocal line are submerged beneath the percussion section. Dissonance is used much more in TSN's music than in the work of other comparable industrial bands; heavy analog tape buzz and its digital equivalent seem to have been intentionally left in songs.

Of the songs on the album, "Adem" and "Crash" are the immediate standouts, with the most conventional melodies of all the songs. After a few listens, however "Idol" and "Cracked" joined the first two in my mind as solid musically.

This is difficult music; difficult to adjust to, difficult to listen to, and in some cases difficult to like. The songs are filled with abrupt, jagged transitions, which can easily jar listeners out of an appreciative state of mind, and key and tempo changes, which are occasionally disorienting. Despite these impediments to its appreciation, however, the more I listened to the album, the better I liked it overall.